Chapter Two - Principles of Language Assessment

There is five testing criteria:

1. 1. Practicality : a. not expensive
b. appropriate time
c. easy to administer
d. has a scoring/ evaluation

2. 2. Reliability : consistency score.

Rater reliability = human error
· Inter-rater unreliability : if there is two or more scored yield
inconsistent scores of the same test. Example: if there is speech
contest, if the just have two judgments, there will be inconsistent
scores.
· Intra-rater unreliability : almost happen for classroom teachers
because of unclear scoring criteria, fatigue, bias. Example:
3. 3. Validity
Content validity --- must be based with objective and curriculum it
self.
Thematic organization: - text is correlated with others.
Must have correlation
4. 4. Washback-bailey
There is a natural tendency for both teachers and students to tailor
their classroom activities to the demands of the test, especially when
the test is very important to the future of students.